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From: spitfires-owner@autox.team.net
[mailto:spitfires-owner@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Kevin Rhodes
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 10:57 AM
To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [triumph_herald] Don't take no for an answer (very very
very long post)
For the edification of the non-UK members on the list - what is the big
deal about having a "Q" plate anyway? I more-or-less understand the UK
age-related numberplate system, but why is this considered such a shame,
and why would the registering body care anyway? Here in the States, in
most
(but not all) states the plates go with the owner, not the car, so a car
would have had as many registrations as owners. Sometimes more, Maine
likes
to issue new plates with new numbers every five years or so.
Just curious,
Kevin Rhodes
Westbrook, Maine, USA
Freddy the Spit (who actually has commercial vehicle plates so I can
park
in loading zones)
Kevin,
I have lived in several states and never have I experienced one where
the plates stay with the owner. I suspect that in most states the
plates stay with the car. The only exception I have seen is in the case
of personal plates which would normally be kept by the owner when he
sells the car. I can recall a case in Texas where one guy has a
Spitfire and had a personal plate that said "SPIT" and he put it on the
Mustang he replaced it with. Looked rather odd!
Joe
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